LOTUS FEAT. OOPS ALL SALT - cEDH - S16E4 - OB NIXILIS v TEVESH/ROG v DIHADA v MAGDA MTG GAMEPLAY

Deck Strategies

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  Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

  Utilizes life drain and damage triggers, combined with efficient removal and value creatures, to control the board and slowly chip down opponents.

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  Dihada, Binder of Wills

  Focuses on control elements and disruption, aiming to lock down opponents with stax effects and incremental advantage while setting up key combos.

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  Magda, Brazen Outlaw

  Leverages treasure generation and artifact synergies to accelerate mana production and create explosive turns, often leading to fast combo wins.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  Aggressive red-black midrange with sacrifice outlets and efficient creatures to apply pressure and enable explosive mana plays.

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  Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

  Combo-centric deck aiming to generate infinite mana or card draw using artifact synergies, rituals, and graveyard recursion to assemble a game-winning combo.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Dockside Extortionist to generate treasures early enabled explosive mana acceleration critical for combo setup.

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  The player carefully managed Ad Nauseam to avoid lethal life loss by calculating triggers and sequencing to maximize card draw safely.

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  Sacrificing treasures and creatures at precise moments allowed for efficient mana generation and graveyard setup, fueling recursion and combo pieces.

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  Casting Peer into the Abyss at low life produced a massive card draw to find remaining combo pieces and close out the game.

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  The final win was achieved by a Twinflame combo on a token-producing creature, demonstrating the power of doubling token generation in a cEDH environment.

Notable Cards

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  Ad Nauseam

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Underworld Breach

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  Peer into the Abyss

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  Twinflame

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  Cabal Ritual

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  Imperial Seal

Summary

The game featured a high-powered cEDH match between five commanders with complex interactions and explosive turns. Early plays focused on ramp and setting up mana sources, such as Dockside Extortionist generating treasures and various rituals fueling the graveyard and mana base. A key moment was the casting of Ad Nauseam, which allowed the player to draw a large portion of their deck to find critical combo pieces. Despite the life loss risks, the player carefully managed their resources and graveyard to set up a lethal sequence. Using a combination of reanimation, ritual effects, and powerful artifacts like Underworld Breach, they piled mana and card advantage to assemble their win condition. The game concluded with a Peer into the Abyss cast for a massive card draw, followed by a Twinflame combo on a token-producing creature, which overwhelmed opponents and secured the victory.